Example sentences of "n't see [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Ace was running from boulder to boulder along the summit of the ridge , stopping wherever she found good cover , just long enough to hurl one of her primitive looking grenades , or fire her blaster , or launch some kind of tiny projectile that Defries could n't see clearly . |
| 2 | He hurriedly tried to wind the window down as he could n't see clearly through the thin layer of frost and condensation , but by the time he 'd done so , the red Ferrari had spurted to the top of the ramp , its undipped lights blinding him , swung to the right and roared down the street . |
| 3 | He wears glasses because he ca n't see clearly . |
| 4 | ‘ Yes , well , the thing was that — I mean , I could n't see clearly — but I reckon those two had European clothes on underneath their tobs . |
| 5 | Spectacles are not allowed , so if you ca n't see well enough without them but want to compete anyway you should either get a pair of soft contact lenses or see how you manage without glasses . |
| 6 | A library comes round with big books for those who ca n't see well — there 's a big selection of those out there and they change them often . |
| 7 | ‘ And I ca n't see well . ’ |
| 8 | ‘ I quite like that one , chief But I ca n't see exactly where it 's leading to . ’ |
| 9 | I think we wo n't see no one till lunch-time at the earliest . ’ |
| 10 | and I could n't see underneath like er |
| 11 | If you stand here it might look beautiful , but if you pick up each one individually you 'll see weeds germinating , brittle bits and you could pick up a disease in the early stages which you just would n't see otherwise . |
| 12 | I 've watched it on TV and could n't see either . |
| 13 | She could n't see either . |
| 14 | Well , as er having listened to what Graham said against the er the G Ps and the pharmacists which er they totally agreed with what Graham was saying , what we do n't see either in the press or on television , a panel of G Ps and pharmacists condemning the National Health Service and the media do n't see that . |
| 15 | I 'd suspected that Rocky would struggle to retain his place once Strach came back , as to play both of them at once would presumably mean abandoning the ‘ Batty role ’ — I ca n't see either Speed or Macca being dropped . |
| 16 | So we 'd fill them and we could n't see anyway , lookin We could n't look down and see , we had to wait for the foreman shouting all the instructions , move left , forward or up or down . |
| 17 | I ca n't see properly . ’ |
| 18 | He could n't see properly ; the bitch had half-blinded him . |
| 19 | In other words , I ca n't see properly . |
| 20 | All three were firing now , but the thick smoke was confusing them ; they could n't see properly through their masks . |
| 21 | My face scorched , and I could n't see properly . |
| 22 | I could n't see properly in that light , but by the way he kept his head turned away , I could tell he was blushing . |
| 23 | He ca n't see properly . ’ |
| 24 | I could n't see properly . ’ |
| 25 | Just for a moment the sun was in my eyes and I could n't see properly . |
| 26 | Yeah , you ca n't see properly there . |
| 27 | I ca n't see properly yet . |
| 28 | At the beginning of exercise strength is often good , and then it steadily declines with increasing effort and , in severe cases , patients are weak all the time ; they ca n't see properly ; they see double ; their eyelids droop ; they ca n't hold their heads up ; they ca n't chew ; they ca n't swallow ; their arms and legs are weak ; they ca n't peg out the clothes on the washing line ; they ca n't walk upstairs , and in really severe cases they ca n't even breathe — unless they 're supported on life support machines they would die . |
| 29 | You ca n't see surely . |
| 30 | I was so frustrated with everything , my life and my game , the whole scene , that I just could n't see straight . |